زنهارخوار
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From زنهار (zenhâr, “covenant”) + خوار (xâr, “eater”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [zin.hɑːɾ.ˈxʷɑːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zen.hɒːɹ.xɒ́ːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zin.hɔɾ.χɔ́ɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | zinhārxwār |
Dari reading? | zinhārxār |
Iranian reading? | zenhârxâr |
Tajik reading? | zinhorxor |
Noun
[edit]زنهارخوار • (zenhârxâr) (plural زنهارخواران (zenhârxârân))
- (literary) oath-breaker
- Synonym: پیمان شکن (peymân šekan)
- c. 1060, Fakhr al-Dīn Asʿad Gurgānī, ويس و رامين [Vīs u Rāmīn][1]:
- فرو افگنده سر چون شرمساران
همی پیچید چون زنهارخواران- furō afganda sar čūn šarmsārān
hamē pēčīd čūn zinhārxwārān - She cast her head down like the shameful people do,
She kept writhing as oath-breakers do.
- furō afganda sar čūn šarmsārān
Derived terms
[edit]- زنهارخواری (zenhârxâri)